"Must a people disappear for us to know they exist?" -- Mano Dayak (1949-1995)

In Recognition of the Genocide

This website is dedicated to the hundreds and thousands of Tuareg men, women, and children, including many whole families, who have suffered and died over the past several decades, as a result of the deliberate exclusionary practicesthat have deprived the Tuaregs of critically needed food relief, medical care, and development. Governments have sought to silence the Tuaregs' legitimate complaints, through intimidation, arrests, rape, torture, extrajudicial execution and massacres, and to isolate them from the media and from humanitarian aid. HERE IS A TRIBUTE to the Tuareg people who have bravely continued to struggle for justice. May their voice be heard by the whole World.

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June 10, 2013

Ahmed Kemil, a young Tuareg man from northern Niger, has
written a deeply personal and sensuous account of growing up as a camel herder
in the Sahara.The book is written
in English, which will be much appreciated by those who do not read French,
since much of the literature on Tuaregs is in French.He writes about the practical concerns of nomads caring for
their precious livestock.Tuareg
nomads love their camels, and the camels also love their Tuaregs; they are like
members of the family.Each camel
has a history and a name.Ahmed
gives us very detailed insights into the concerns of pastoralists, their
ongoing quest for water and pasture, and their understanding of the harsh
terrain and the erratic weather.He talks about his joys and his fears, including his experiences in a
bush school, dealing with extreme thirst and pain, the ravages of flooding and
drought, and his tragic accident at the age of seven.He also talks about the connectivity between camps of
nomads, information sharing, and their community interdependency and
reciprocity that enables them to survive.The book is filled with personal stories of Ahmed’s life as a nomad,
including the second part of the book where he makes comparisons with his
experiences in the U.S.

Everyone
interested in the Tuareg people should consider buying a copy of this book!
Available on Amazon.com as a Kindle edition (you can read it on your
computer or iPhone).Readers
do NOT need a Kindle device in order to read a "Kindle" edition - when
you buy it, you will see that there are different options for reading
it, whether on a Kindle device, your computer, or the Amazon "Cloud."
It's easy!